Anne J Cox, PhD, is a Professor of Physics at Eckerd College in St Petersburg, FL. She was part of the Leadership Team of the US Delegation to the 5th International Conference on Women in Physics, August 2014.
Cindy Blaha, PhD, is Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Marjorie Crabb Garbish Professor of Liberal Arts at Carleton College in Northfield Minnesota. She runs an active astrophysics research program with undergraduates and works locally to increase diversity in STEM as co-Director of the Clare Booth Luce Scholars program (women in STEM) and coordinator of FOCUS (Focusing on Cultivating Scientists) program (underrepresented students in STEM).
Linda Fritz, PhD, Professor of Physics at Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA works with undergraduates on condensed matter research and serves as a mentor for Posse Foundation scholars from New York City. She has also taught in Franklin & Marshall's College Prep program.
Barbara Whitten, PhD, Professor of Physics, Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO is the author of several publications in the field of gender and science including "(Baby) Steps toward Feminist Physics" (JWMSE, 18: 115-134, 2012) and "What Works for Women in Undergraduate Physics? What We Can Learn from Women's Colleges" (JWMSE, 13: 37-75, 2007).
For Female Physicists, Peer Mentoring Can Combat Isolation
Women physicists are often isolated at work. Just consider the numbers: 86 percent of American faculty physicists are male; 89 percent of PhD physicists working in the science and engineering industry are male; and it was just in 2012 that the number of physics PhDs earned by women reached even 20 percent.